Unit1 Reading B The duck and the kangaroo question answer's

This poem shows the true love of two friends, the Duck and the Kangaroo. True friends help one another. The Duck thinks that her life is boring as she always lives in a dirty pond. She likes to go out and see the world. She says that the Kangaroo is lucky who can jump or spring. The Duck also likes to have the same quality.

 The Duck requests the Kangaroo to give her a ride on his back. They will go over the land and the sea. The Kangaroo agrees but he complains that her wet and cold feet will trouble him. The Duck replies that she has four pairs of woolen socks and these fit her feet neatly. She has also bought a cloak to keep out the cold. She will also smoke a cigar daily. The Kangaroo gets ready and advises the Duck to sit steady to keep his balance. She should sit on the tip of his tail. In this way, they hop the whole world round three times and both become happy.

I. Answer the following questions.

1. Why did the Duck get bored in life? What did It want to do?

ANS. The Duck lived in a nasty pond. The pond was its whole world. It got bored to have been in that small world. It wanted to see the places beyond its nasty pond. So it wanted to have a ride on the Kangaroo's back to see wonderful places in the world.

2. What problem did the Kangaroo find with the Duck? How was it solved?

ANS. The Kangaroo felt that giving a ride to the Duck was a pleasure (luck). But it felt that the unpleasantly wet and cold web feet might give it roo-matiz. To solve this problem the Duck bought four pairs of worsted socks for its web feet neatly. It bought a coat and would smoke a cigar to keep out the cold.

3. Who was happy in the end? Why?

ANS. Both the Duck and the Kangaroo were happy in the end. Because....

 (i) The Duck, in the nasty pond had an opportunity to see the world beyond its pond with the help of the Kangaroo.

 (ii) The Kangaroo with her loving nature felt that it was pleasure to it giving a ride to the Duck. But logically the Duck was happier than the Kangaroo as it was impossible to see the wonderful world without the help of the Kangaroo.

4. What is the underlying message in the poem?

ANS. The underlying message in the poem 'The Duck and the Kangaroo is universal brotherhood and true friendship. This poem shows the true love of two friends, the Duck and the Kangaroo. True friends help one another. The Kangaroo in this poem helped the Duck to see the world. Helping others gives pleasure.

II. Read the above poem once again and choreograph it as described here under.

Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements or actions for a script or a poem with a voice or a song in background.

Do you know how to process choreography?

Here is the process.

Think of the following.

1. How do we begin the poem?

(Sing the poem three or four times to register the tune and rhythm.)

2. What are the characters in the poem?

     (The Duck and the Kangaroo)

3. What is the theme of the poem?

      (Wish of the Duck to go round the world)

4. What is the theme of each stanza? (sub themes)

5. Convert the themes into incidents and performable actions.

6. What are the actions involved in the poem?

•Boredom with present life (feelings of

 boredom, pain)

•Desire to go round the world (miming)

•Wearing socks and smoking cigarettes (joy)

•Displeasure due to wet and cold feet

 (gestures)

•Sitting on Kangaroo at the end of the tail

 (miming)

•Joy (facial expression and gestures)

7. Who are the characters involved in ?

      (The Duck, the Kangaroo and other creatures in the pond like frogs, fish, etc.)

8. Where does the incident take place (location)?

     (By the side of the pond).

9. Presentation of the choreography on the stage:

•The chorus team sings the poem

•The characters perform their actions

•The action of the Duck and the Kangaroo- expressing boredom, wish, discomfort, joy, etc.

•The actions related to miming, facial expressions and gestures

•Actions related to hopping, sitting, walking, jumping, etc.

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